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tsnttou to tbs cry, when It l. seen that tho
young i~mprsshonist's hnlf finished picture.
easel and all, has started in flight toward the
calling.
Away over In the corner there one may see
tbs cause Of the victims discomfort Some
maschisvous comrades have rugged up Il rope
and block and have played ON the youngster
. ysry practical Joke indeed
Owe In another part OF the great room one
may perhaps nnd . student explatIng some
i~nfrsc4oa Of ths rules of the place by serving
- . model for the rest Or he may have
anumsd the position rs the result Of lot cast
ing. At ell events, tho young man whose
pos IL here sketched by tho artist cannot be
In . very comfortable position. but whils be
sndurss the rest are painting, and be may
nave the satisfaction OF seeing the countsrfeit
Of his body In bondage in a picture hung
upou thu line at The next salon.
By and by . oommouon ensues over =
ni@ndly dispute hat has risen between two
, 1887-01-23

Every day adds to the great amount Of
~tinually being received from all sections of
the country, telling of benefits derived
from this great medicine. Ii is I'M
equalled for general debility, and as a
blood purifier, expelling every trace of
s%croiula or other impurity. Now is the
time to take it. Made by G. |. Hood 4
Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all druggists.
, 1887-01-23
PARIS ART STUDENTS.
LIFE IN THE ATELIERS OF The
FRENCH CAPITAL.

Quiet and studious When the Master
Is Present-SomewhAt Boistsrous Mt
Other Timss-Characteristic Fun.
There is no life like hat of the Paris art
student 1t Is unrestrained by convention
Atty and is full of temptations, but the
young fellows who are living 1t, while they
train themselves to be the Mlllets and the
Turner'S and the Dores OF the future, seem to
like 1t amazingly.
Art teaching, As the uninitiated would UNI
derstand it. is not The student who goes to
Paris to learn to paint is not coached from
the first brush marlu on his canvases till the
last. BE must have enough of the artist
within him to render this unnecessary before
BE- win be permitted to study art there at all.
But, once he shows that, his teaching doesn't
cost him anything-the French government
eakss care OF that, and the only expense be
~ 10 bear is that of actual living.
, 1887-01-23

solution OF inc Oreat >ocihl question:.
A cruel solution OF the case was offered
the other day by IA woman whose reputation
for practical common sense makes her opin-
ions mi social matters rather harsh, or at
least blunt. She Analysed ii after this fash
ion;
What salary docs u senator receiver
Five thousand dollars per annnm, " was
the response.
And the cabinet officers"
Eight thousand dollars"
Then that settles the question of relative
Importance, | should think. Congress never
squanders large salaries in the wrong place.
and the appropriations grade things ON hair
lines. In this great American republic,
where every man ranks by his dollars, you
don't suppose that the 5000 people arc
going to run after the s., 900 ones The
small salary must go and bend the knee to
the larger one, of course. This is the way
in every other branch OF government serv
ice. - Washington Letter.
, 1887-01-23

"Yes, Nellie, dear, l am going to The
Montreal carnival. 1 don't care "A hit for
snowshoes, t~oboggans, and all hat sort Of
thing, don't Yer know; but that horrid old
COMPANY is going to look over Charles
books, and tls dear boy says we must 30.
Companies are 20 meanlr-Harper's Bazaar
, 1887-01-23
x.,,s,sy Of TOWARD Health

ssspsatty OF Progress Tewar Health .
Even when a good remedy for diseases is
selected. depends in some measure upon
the manner in which it is taken lrregu'
lar. interrupted doses can afford no fair
test OF the efficacy Of any medicine, how
ever salutary. Taken in proper doeer at
prescribed intervals, a reliable curative
will effect the object OF its use. Among
remedies which, systematically and per,
sistently used, accomplish thorough and
lasting cures, and prevents the occurrence
Of periodic disease, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters ranks specially high. In cases Of
dyspepsia. debility. rheumatism: fever and
axue, liver complaint. inactivity OF the
kidneys and bladder. constipation and
other organic maladies, II is a tried RENE.
dy, to which the medical brotherhood
have lent their professional sanction and
which. as tonic, alternative and household
specific for disorders OF the stomach;
liver and bowels, has an ~unbounded
popularity.
, 1887-01-23

the great tobacco
producing section
u Virginia. inlSlp
He is tall. slender
and bnnJsouia with
, 1887-01-23

A subscriber asks; Gan you send me u
good receipt for good hoarhound CANDY
Certainly We can, dear. Send along your
candy and you will get u receipt by return
mathew Haven News.
, 1887-01-23

holding their caucus. There was a bare
majority of Baird's supporters, but he held
the seat against all corners, all the same, Tor
it was thought that the result would aifest
the senatorial contest materially.
Baird is q digniied appearing, specialized
middle aged man, He wears a long beard
, 1887-01-23


StuteS senator he
picture mere CIV ell
Is ina "f he hon.
illlnlii VI. i'alrdi
VINO was ht' "a
, 1887-01-23

or course he attaches himself 10 some
atslier, and together with IA mob OF other
studsnts paints there daily. Once "A day the
master comes in and inspects the work of the
Students As he passes down the room ho
the unfinished pictures. To this
one he gives a word of advice, the next one
be may compliment, though praise is rarely
accorded, and the next one may be shown
.wherc he has made n glaring error. Then
perhaps tho master will vouchsafe a few
words OF instruction to everybody and then
he 10 rome.
Everything has been decorous while the
master was present and the students have
given close attention to all lac has had to say.
But they have hardly gotten back TO their
easels after the little talk which wound up
bis visit, before = y7ll Of amazement Is heard
from q specialized youth, who Is covering his
canvas with his impressions of some bit OF
nature in hazy tints- Everybody gives at
, 1887-01-23

preme court during Van Buren's admin
istrution, and another Was n member OF
congress from Nirginiu while Andrew
Jackson was president Mr.. Daniel is
said 10 10 q very line lawyer, and On
joys u large and lucrative practice lie
Is tho author OF several Law books, which
are regarded as excellent authorities by thu
the legal profession. He Is married TO a lady
OF wealth and culture. Mr.. Daniel delivered
the address at the ceremonies attending the
completion OF the Washington monument
, 1887-01-23
DR.. WILLIAM NJ. BAIRD.

The Republican Who was Elected speaker
OF the New Jersey Legislature.
The people OF the United States nr, taking
a good deal OF interest in the Ia. stale OF
New Jersey this winter, and the great ques-
ton there now Is who will b, al.tnd rni,.d
, 1887-01-23

removed 10 lii
nois. where he WINS
engaged for several
years in farming
mud
surveying In 1874
he opened n real
m.
, 1887-01-23
One Dollar

Hoods S%arsaparilla cures s%crofula, salt
rheum. all humors, boils. pimples. general de-
bility, dyspepsia. biliousness. sick headache.
catarrh, rheumatism, kidney and liver com
plants, and all affections caused by Impure
blood or low condition OF the system. Try 1t.
"I was severely afflicted with %scrofula. and
for over a year had two running sores on my
neck. I took i've bottles of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. and consider myself entirely cured"
c. &. LovEJoy, Lowell, Mass.
Hoods S~arsaparilla did me an immense
amount OF good. My whole system has been
built up and strengthened. my digestion i'm
proved. and my head relieved of the bad feel
ing. 1 consider 1t the best medicine I have
ever used, and should not know how to do
without it." MARY L. PHBLH, Salem, Mass.
Hoods ~SarsapariIIa
Bold by all druggists. 81; six for So. Made
only b. G. /. HOOD & CO.. Lowell. Mass
100 Doses One Dollar.
, 1887-01-23

WA and reliable Medicines are the best
o TO depend upon. Ackor's BLOOD FL
ixir has been prescribed for years for all i'm.
puriiicsoftheBloo ncyery form Of Scrof.
ulous. Syphilitio or aiorcurlGl diseases, 1t is
invaluable. For Rheumatism. has no equal.
Peane 4 McGill, Druggists.
, 1887-01-23

Those who want pure Lake Mahpah-
lutah ice. should send their order to Sloan
h Co.. or call at Mauss' bakery, Seven
tenth street.
, 1887-01-23
COL. MATTHEW QUAY,

Chosen 10 the United States senate h,
Pennsylvania.
Onc of the most pleasant faces that will be
ssen in the new United States senate is that
of Matthew Quay, who has been elected by
the Pennsylvania legislature. Col. Quay is a
short. rotund fellow about JG years Of ntsr.
, 1887-01-23

IL has bvn dlHcoserci that the weight Of
cotton haa hsfti ,i by dishonest south
ern deol',s by 10 il
, 1887-01-23
ILLINOIS SENATOR.
HON. CHARLES g.. FARWELL NAMED
TO SUCCEED LOGAN.

Portrait of the winning M~an-skctch of
niser.ife-The birthplace of Logan.
uoSNSths General Failed to See tho
Seces-ity of Feeling Walters.
Hon. Charles Is. Farwell. OF Illinois, who
has been chosen by the Republicans OF TINT
state to serve out the unexpired term Of the
late Gen. John A. Logan in the United States
senate, Is n well known and wealthy merchant
Of Chicago. He was born ut Painted Post,
y. Y, July l, 1928, and was educated at the
Elmira free academy. At tho age OF 10 ho
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Chistian Giving.

God gets part of our superfulty,
and that is all. We must dress like
yur neighbors, live up to our rank of
life, put little by for 'rainy day."
and something for our children. I'VE
must be just before we are generous, "
we think. And then, with some re-
serve for recreation, and some for mis-
cellaneous trif1es, all the rest shall he
the Lords. It may be but a mite"
but did not he accept mite? So the
very narrowness of our dole to the
Lord who has saved US, links us with
her who had its special commendation.
Better keep it all back than give it
in that fashion. But the amount CIV
ell Just hinders us from realizing where
we are. We give it ungrudgingly,
perhaps; we think it has the Lords
approval therefore. We do not think
how much it is that we can give un-
grudgingly. :,
Ungrudgingly it must be. Love it
must be. Though / give all my goods
to feed the poor, except it be love that
does it, it will be utterly contemned.
But if our love ia measured by what
we give to him, how serious is the
question raised
In this great world of sorrow and of
evil, Christ has interests dear to his
heart-how dear, no one Of us perhaps
has notion of. Souls lie in darkness
to whom his word would give light,
and in bondage to whom it would
bring deliverance. He says to US, Il
count upon my people to do this"
How can we answer to him for this
confidence he has placed in us? Shall
we say, Lord, I have had to keep up
with my neighbors, to provide for the
future, to do q great many things.
which I thought Of more importance"'
or shall we say, Lord, thou art so
great, 80 high, so powerful, thou sure
ly canst not want my help in a matter
like this !" or, again, Lord. thou art
SO gracious, am sure thou wilt accept
anything I may bring, / would not
suppose thee a hard Master, to want
me to bring thee much?" Alas, what
shall we say? Snail we not rather
own with broken hearts how little we
have valued him ?--F ". Grant.
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Moral Character of War.
BY R. B. HOWARD.

This institution, whose history and
literature are nothing, if not bloody;
whose heroes are not heroes If they
have not, by themselves or others,
done much killing; whose laws, as far
as they can be ascertained, are remorse-
less and cruel; whose spirit, as seen
and felt in the final and ultimate end
to which all war must come-the bat
tle-field on sea or land-is certainly
selfish, grasping, mercenary, unforgiv-
ing, unsparing, tyrannical, and, may !
not add, at times diabolical It's en-
tire character is so far removed from
that of Jesus Christ and his followers
as to be evidently unchristian yes,
anti-christian and wicked. This in
stitution still in 1887 claims not only
the right to exist, but maintains that
its existence is necessary, and boldly
demands not only the tolerance but
the respect and honor of the Christian
church.
When one classifies it, as have of.
ten done in public addresses, with sla-
very, intemperance, pOlygamy and
duelling in its essential moral quality,
and together with them have advocat-
ed its abolition, I am met with certain
words with which reformers are not
miliar-"Impracticable !" "Uto-
pianW "FanaticalW "Untime'y ~
They say, "Yes, war is all euil, but not
a sin. 1t cannot be cured. 1t must be
endured. The world is not ripe for it's
abandonment"
People imagine conditions. and cre-
ate hypothesis, and triumphantly ask
"What would you do?" They usually
tell the story of some individual who
resolved not to fight and was overcome
by temptation. Or they point trium-
phantly to John Bright's admission
that our civil war could not have been
avoided by the Union.
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(TimeS and Denlocrot)

NIPPED IN THE BUD.-It was pro-
posed to have game of base ball in
Charleston last Sunday, but, to their
honor be it said, the authorities nipped
the matter in the bud and gave the
base ballists to understand that they
would be arrested If any game was at
tempted. While we do not believe in
blue laws we agree with the Charles
ton Sun that "the decorous observance
Of Sunday is matter of supreme i'm,
portance. 1t is a foundation stone Of
the conservative religious sentiment
that makes the strongest safeguard this
country has against political and intel
lectual anarchy. 1t carries back the
people once in every week of the year
to practical recognition of eternal
truth and acceptance of the doctrines
and the spirit of the fathers" We
thank the Charleston authorities for
the promptness with which they acted
in the matter. Let US one and all re-
member the Sabbath Day and keep it
holy.
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1t is very lamentable thing that
the Church is, as q body, doing little
or nothing to decrease and remove The
unchristian and grievous War system
! from the nations of Christendom, and
especially not from Europe. The Eu-
ropean nations were never so thor
oughly armed as now-never had so
many soldiers under arms in time of
Peace, and never were eXpending so
much in preparations in time of Peace
for the atrocious work of human
slaughter as at the present time. Sure
ly this does not look as though the
world was coming, from year to year.
under the spirit and government of
Jesus Christ, the King of Saints and
Prince Of Peace; it does not look like
the bright dawning Of the "mi!lennial
day." Alas! alas! Notwithstanding
all the present revival of the Foreign
Missionary spirit among all Christian
sects throughout the world, the Church
as a body, is living, almost in the be-
ginning Of the twentieth century Of
the Christian era, as far as it regards
the dreadful sin of War, with all its
abOminable and agonizing cruelties, in
the darkness Of the dark ages-yea. in
the midst Of paganism.
Now, l do not say that the Church
is doing too much; I do not say that
she is doing one-tenth part of her duty
in giving the light and love of the Cos
pei to the dark portions Of the earth !;
but it is high time for the Church to
arise in her majesty and in her Chris
tian philanthropy, and say to the ma
tions Of Christendom "You must i'm
mediately begin to learn War no more
by disbanding your great armies, and
cease to build forts and war ships, and
begin at once to live in Peace, az towns
and cities now live in the same ma.
tions, and settle all your difficulties,
not by the hideous power of murder
Gus brute force, utterly disregarding
the principles of common sense, phi
lanthropy, and the Christian religion:
but by the power of Arbitration"
When this is done, the Church can
consistently march through all the
dark places of the earth with the white
banner of Peace 'conquering and to
conquer" and not before.
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The Skipping.Rope Evil.

The skipping-rope fever usually be-
gins early in the fall. 1t attacks in
discriminatory girls Of all ages. When
the thermometer drops from ninety to
sixty degrees, there is not one young
girl out Of a hundred but feels the nat
ural and inherited hunger for the
skipping-rope.
Now there are two ways Of jumping
the rope. One is for the girl to turn 1t
herself, going forward, as if on run,
instead of jumping always in the same
place. This way, in moderation, is
healthy, for it is an easy, natural mo-
ton, straining no part of the body un-
duly.
The other way to jump the rope is to
get one girl at one end and another at
the other, and then to jump until trip
ped or tired out. The latter method fs
always the favorite-first, because 1t
becomes q game instead of an exercise,
and, secondly, because the girl has
nothing to occupy her hands and caA
devote all her energies to jumping.
Here is where the danger comes In;
The steps are all up and down, up ana
down, for three and even four minutes
on stretch. Every time the girl
alights after a spring she produces a
slight-very slight-brain conclusion.
The action of the heart is greatly In
creased. After full meal, indulgence
in rope-skipping, particularly with
other girls to turn, means dyspepsia
and misery in few years.
Every one of these dangers is In
creased tenfold by that momentarily-
accelerated jumping.jack game of
salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper" in
which the turner tries to turn faster
than the jumper jumps, and the ejump-
er tries to jump as fast as the turner
turns, until both are ready to drop
from exhaustion.
"How many turns can you jump"
is prolific of more evil to girls than
their mothers dream of. The deter
mined rivalry with which two child
rem will jump up and down till gasp
ing for breath, their pulse at one hum
dred and twenty minute and the
well-nigh invisible blue veins in their
foreheads are swollen outby the quick,
irregular pumping of the heart, is
wonderful to see.
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A Great Mans Greatest Thought.

At dinner table at the Astor House
when Daniel Webster Was Secretary
of State under President Fillmore, af-
ter period of silence which fell upon
the company of some twenty gentle
men who were present, one of the
guests said:
"Mr. Webster, will you tell me what
was the most important thought that
ever occupied your mind 2"
Mr.. Webster slowly passed his hand
over his forehead, and in low tone
inquired of one near him,
SIS there any one here who does not
know me?"
'The most important thought thai
ever occupied my mind" said Mr..
Webster, Twas that of my individual
responsibility to God" And after
speaking on this subject in the mosi
solemn strain for some twenty mill
utes, he solemnly rose from the table
and retired to his room.
This incident, related by Harvey in
bis "reminiscences, serves to illustrate
the attitude of great minds towards
eternal things. Great men are not
scoffers. The men of fippant sneers
and goddess jests are men of small
calibre and shallow intellect. 1t is not
the wise man who has "said in his
heart there is no God" 1t is not the
great man who casts off fear and re-
strains prayer before Him.
A great man comprehends some
thing greater than himself for he is
but the image of divine Creator,
marred, defaced and distorted by sin,
yet bearing testimony to the dignity
and grandeur of the divine original,
whose glory is so family shadowed in
the man whom he has made, and en-
dowed with intellect, and will and
conscience, and whom he has made to
feel. in the depths of his soul, the i'm
portance Of "Individual responsibility
to od."-Hastings.
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(Texas Christian Aduocdte.)

Some Of our contemporaries have
been too severe on DR.. Kelley. Itcan-
not be denied that he has made seIi-
Gus mistake, that his course cannot be
defended, and that the doctrines of his
letter are pernicious. It is not only
the right, but the duty of the Church
press, to show the evil of his teaching
and defend the Church and the minis
try. 1t is not proper, however, for the
Church press to turn itself into judge
and jury to try any man. A Church
newspaper is not proper court Of trial
for Methodist preacher. A Church
newspaper, in our opinion, oversteps
the bounds when it suggests thet DR..
Kelley "resign his office" and "retire
from the notice of the Church" 3D..
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Nobody.

If nobody noticed you, you must be small;
If nohndy's slighted you. you must be tall;
II nobudy's bowed 10 you, you must be low;
know;
If nobody's envied you, you're n poor elf:
II nobndy's flattered you, you've flattcred
yourself;
If nObOdy's hated you, you are slave;
If nobody's called you IL fool To your face,
wished for your back In lis place
If nobOdyS called you tyrant or scold;
IF nobody knows of your faults but n friend,
Nobody will miss them at the worlds end;
II nobody clngs TO your purse like fawn,
run like hound when it's gone;
If nobodys eaten his bread from your store,
Nobody'll call you a miserly bore:
If nobody's slandered you-here Is your pen
Sign yourself "nobody" quick as you can.
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An Old Poem.

Who shall Judge man from mnnncrs"
Who shall know him by his dress?
Paupcrs may tie tit for princes,
Princes fit for something less.
Crunlpled shirt and dirty jacket
May beclOthe the golden ore
or the deepest thoughts and feelings
Satin vests could do no more.
There are springs of crystal nectar
Ever yelling out OF stone;
There are purple buds and golden
Hidden. crushed, and overgrown.
God, who counts by souls. not dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me.
While He values thrones the highest
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man, npraiscd above his fellows,
OF fDrgets his fellows then
Masters rulers, lords, remember
That your meanrSt binds are men!
Men 10y labor. mon by feeling,
Men by thought. and men by fame,
Ciniming equal rights to sunshine,
In mans ennobling name.
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loveltncSs and light;
Secret wrongs shall never prosper,
While there is Il sunny right.
God. whose world-heard voice Is ringing
Boundless love to you and me,
Sinks oppression with its titles,
AS the pebbles In the sea.
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What Others Say.
(Sy. Louis Christian Aduocate.)

The great pains aud expense taken
by many city papers to gather and
publish reports of various. crimes of
various degrees, from almost every
part of the country, has no tendency
to make men better nor in any way to
advance the interest of society. On
the contrary it has the opposite effect.
1t panders to vitiated and debased
taste which grows and strengthens on
that which it feeds, and becomes NOR
and more debased. Familiarity with
crime tends to lessen adherence, ant
as Pope has said, 1--WE first endure,
then pity, then embrace Such pub
lications often stimulate the bad pas
sions of youth and excite in them se-
cret desire to become participants in
scenes and acts which they foolishly
regard as heroic, and urge them for
ward in the commission of crime.
The fact that such things are sought
after-and this is the principal reason
why they are published itself, evi-
dence of low and debased taste, and
many of our popular papers, instead Of
being leaders of public opinion, are
merely its eXponents, when in reality
they should seek to be both the one
and the other-both guide and ON ex-
ponent.